JAYLIN Williams scored a game-high 23 points and Johni Broome added 21 Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila) as No. 13 Auburn opened a 22-point halftime lead en route to a 101-61 Southeastern Conference rout of visiting No. 11 South Carolina.
Tre Donaldson hit for 11 points and Chad Baker-Mazara came off the bench to tally 10 for the Tigers (20-5, 9-3), which led for more than 35 minutes. Auburn hit 61 percent from the field, including 12 of 20 3-point attempts, and possessed a 39-1 advantage in bench scoring.
Meechie Johnson scored 22 points for the Gamecocks (21-4, 9-3), who fell into a second-place tie in the SEC with the Tigers, a half-game behind Alabama. Collin Murray-Boyles added 19 and B.J. Mack hit for 14.
South Carolina, which entered the night with a seven-game winning streak that propelled it from an unranked team to just outside the top 10, had nothing for Auburn. The Gamecocks made only 34.6 percent from the field and gave up 25 points off their 13 turnovers.
In other games, it was UConn 101, DePaul 65; and Tennessee 63. — Field Level Media
